[Serusers] Confusion about terminology vis-a-vis AVP

[Elena Ramona Modroiu]

In ser, an AVP can have either an integer ID or a string as attribute 
name. Integer IDs allow a faster comparison and they should be used for 
intensive operations. More appropriate would be to use the term 
"identifier" for the name of an AVP.

i:34 is the AVP which is identified by the integer 34
s:34 is the AVP which is the identified by the string "34"

Ramona

Dave wrote:

>Reading AVP documentation is leading to some confusion
>- AVP is an attribute-value-pair. When we use the
>terminology "name of an AVP", does it refer to a name
>(e.g. i:34) that refers to an Attribute-Value-pair OR
>is the "AVP name" the attribute itself in the
>Attribute-Value-Pair. Thanks in advance
>
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